Stone Barns Center offering a Mother’s Day Treat

Celebrate Mother’s Day at Stone Barns with loved ones of all ages! Pitch in on the farm with special hands-on activities, and take a tour of the mothers and new babies. We’ll have a plant-potting activity in the Dooryard Garden all day and our Farm Market and Spring Plant Sale will be held from 1:00PM – 4:00PM.

Join Stone Barns and your family for a fun filled day in the garden

Women Chefs & Restaurateurs NYC Event, May 8th, 2012: Entrepreneurs opening a Restaurant or Retail Store

Thinking of opening your own fast casual restaurant, café or store? Join Women Chefs and Restaurateurs along with TaraPaige Group and other women experts for a panel about what you need to know before taking the leap and making your dreams come true. A panel of hospitality experts will provide insights that will set you up for success and answer your questions about what you need to know to start your own brick and mortar business. We will address the top concerns of many emerging businesses from writing the business plan and researching the market to finding the right space and negotiating favorable terms to getting legal advice to designing the space and building it out according to code and finally promoting it to the public.

Learn what it takes, how to prepare and when to make the jump from dreaming to executing.
Join Women Chefs and Restaurateurs on May 8th at the French Culinary Institute from 6pm-8pm

New Amsterdam Market Celebrates opening Season with 15 Bakers, April 29th

Join New Amsterdam Market as they open the 2012 season by welcoming 15 local bakers, each of whom will be creating their vision of a great loaf of bread made with flour from a variety of grains now being grown in our region. Many good friends and colleagues are participating including the New Bakery, Runner and Stone, headed by Peter Endriss.

Small Business Expo, a Must for new Entrepreneurs, May 10th

The small business expo is taking place on May 10th in NYC at Penn Plaza. Join many other business owners, participate in workshops and network within your industry and meet new colleagues outside of your industry.
NYC Small Business Expo at Penn Plaza, Midtown

Brooklyn Food Conference May 12th, 9am-6pm

On May 12, 2012 over 5,000 people are expected to attend this free, all day event filled with keynotes from notable food activists, workshops, panel discussions, food demos, family programming, art and much more. The 2012 Conference will help strengthen the cooperative effort of individuals, groups and organizations fighting everyday for a healthy, sustainable and fair food system. Food activists, local farmers, academics, restaurateurs and health advocates and all those interested in food justice will gather to discuss the global food economy and its impact on our lives.
Join 5,000 others and support the Brooklyn Food Conference

Celebrate Earth Day with NYC Greenmarket with Food Scrap and Textile Recyclying

What better way to celebrate Earth Day than by visiting your local Greenmarket to recycle food scraps and textiles? GrowNYC is happy to help, with new sites for dropping off unwanted clothing, linens, and fruit & veggie scraps opening this weekend and throughout the Spring.
Join NYC Greenmarket in celebrating Earth Day

May 19th, Stand up for Food Revolution Day: Get Involved and Make a Difference

Food Revolution Day on 19 May is a chance for people who love food to come together to share information, talents and resources; to pass on their knowledge and highlight the world’s food issues. All around the globe, people will work together to make a difference. Food Revolution Day is about connecting with your community through events at schools, restaurants, local businesses, dinner parties and farmers’ markets. We want to inspire change in people’s food habits and to promote the mission for better food and education for everyone.
Join in and Make a difference in our food ecosystem, May 19th 2012

MIT New York City Enterprise Forum Presents Cloud Computing, April 18th

IDC predicts that spending on hardware, software and services in cloud computing systems alone will be $60 billion in 2012. The growth rate in the cloud sector is four and a half times that of the IT industry overall. Cloud computing is a compelling option for many small and mid-sized businesses, as well as larger enterprises, as it offers low cost of entry and ownership and faster time to market compared to traditional on-premise business software and servers.
MIT NYC Enterprise Forum presents Cloud Computing Event, April 18th.

The Great Googa Mooga: An Amusement Park of Food and Drink on May 19th -20th in Prospect Park

An experience and tasting event with an all-star line-up that includes Baohaus, Red Rooster, Russ & Daughters, Third Rail Coffee Shop, Sullivan Street Bakery and much more. Early registration for general admission to the free event is currently closed but they will release another set of free tickets once the event draws near.

If you’re looking for an exclusive experience, Extra Mooga admission tickets are currently available. This ticket comes with free gift bags, bigger tastings, special seating for stage performances and a one year subscription to New York magazine.
The very best in culinary is behind this collaborative event– Tom Colicchio, Garrett Oliver, Christina Tosi and much more. Find out more about this event and subscribe to their twitter for updates on the next release

NASFT’s Diversity Council Go To Market Educational Conference happens Saturday, April 28th in Philadelphia

The NASFT (National Association for the Specialty Food Trade) is hosting a one-day educational conference to help specialty food manufacturers bring their product to market while discovering various buying behaviors.
Friday, April 20th is the registration deadline. Learn more about the event now